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Private sectors eyes NSW infrastructure deal

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011
... expected to attract a lot of interest from pension funds. Meanwhile the emerging low carbon-focused projects and desalination plants around the country are also generating attention.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011
... Toyota ended down 0.48 per cent at 2,672 yen after the auto giant said it was temporarily shutting 11 of its 15 Japanese plants, which lie in the path of a powerful typhoon that made landfall in the afternoon. Singapore closed 0.39 per cent, or 10.95 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... collapse amid a "new reality" in the economy. PARIS - French nuclear giant Areva is suspending uranium production at two plants because of low demand from Japanese power stations in the wake of the Fukushima disaster. NEW YORK - Clothing retailer Esprit ...

IFM mandate heats up Poland

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011
... the European Union. Dalkia Polska holds a portfolio of integrated regulated district heating networks and co-generation plants with regulated heat tariffs and will soon be the largest heat providers in three of the four largest Polish cities following ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2011
... utilities sector outperformed after Japan's top government spokesman announced a safety review plan for the country's nuclear plants. Tokyo Electric Power, the operator of the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, surged 7.29 per cent. Microchip ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2011
... shares rose in Tokyo after Trade Minister Banri Kaieda said on Saturday that government inspections showed all nuclear power plants in Japan had adequate safety measures against severe accidents and called on local governments to allow the restart of ...

Government plants $60m innovation funding seed

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2011
Three innovation fund managers have received a total of $120 million of new funding to invest in Australian start-up ventures, half of which has been provided by the government. Through the Innovation Investment Fund (IIF), the government has invested ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011
... Average plunged more than 100 points after the earthquake 345 kilometres north-east of Tokyo and cut power to three nuclear plants overnight. But the Dow fought back to close down 17.26 points, by 0.14 per cent, at 12,409.49 points. The broader Standard ...

Pain sans hysteria

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
... widespread panic in the financial markets. Sure the Nikkei-225 index plunged by 10.6 per cent on 15 March when its nuclear power plants threatened to blow - this, by the way, is the biggest one-day drop since 16 October 2008 when the index dropped by ...

Unknown unknowns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
... is one big helluva uncertainty. According to Japan Nuclear's website, as at October 2007 Japan has 55 operating nuclear plants -- two under construction and 11 being prepared for construction - that's dotting the eastern and western coastlines (from ...